Pac-12 Conference Awards Announced
by Paragon SC on Nov 28, 2011 4:00 PM PST
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Freshman Offensive Co-Players of the Year Marqise Lee, WR, USC and De'Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon
Lee, a true freshman from Inglewood, Calif., has already proved to be one of the biggest offensive threats in the Pac-12 with 73 catches for 1,143 yards and 11 touchdowns in his first season.
He ranks fifth in the Pac-12 with 6.1 receptions per game and 95.2 receiving yards per game. Lee earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after recording 325 all-purpose yards, including a career high 187 receiving yards, in USC's win over Oregon.
I can live with this.
Lee is a monster, Thomas is a playmaker...I have no problem with splitting this award.
Freshman Defensive Player of the Year Dion Bailey, LB, USC
Bailey, a redshirt freshman from Lakewood, Calif., was a standout member of the Trojans defense and tied for the team lead with 81 tackles on the season.
He averaged 7.4 tackles per game to rank sixth in the Pac-12. Bailey had two sacks, two interceptions and one forced fumble.
He had a career-high 14 tackles against Arizona, the most by a USC freshman since Chris Claiborne's 20 in 1996.
Solid Choice!
Bailey really came on strong this year. Can't wait to see what he does going forward.
Coach of the Year David Shaw, Stanford
In his first season at the helm of the Stanford program, Shaw has led the Cardinal to a second-straight 11-1 regular season record, its first back-to-back 10-win seasons in program history.
It is just the fifth 10-win season overall.
Shaw has continued Stanford's recent success as the squad has been ranked in the top-10 of the AP poll for 21 straight weeks.
UNREAL!
While Shaw is the perceived nice guy in the conference with a bit of a pedigree, lets not kid ourselves...Shaw inherited his team. He was the OC when Harbaugh left, Shaw simply moved up the chain.
Lane Kiffin had a much more difficult time in getting USC where it is today. Open transfers, letting recruits out of LOI's, etc. Kiffin did much more with much less. Shaw, has the perceived #1 player in the conference and perceived Heisman winner. Sorry, but I just don't see it. This is another affect of the sanctions.
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Here is how USC fair in the team standings...
All Pac-12 Conference First Team:
Robert Woods - UNANIMOUS SELECTION
Matt Kalil
Nick Perry
T.J. McDonald
Nickell Robey
Andre Heidari
Rhett Ellison
Second Team:
Marqise Lee
Dion Bailey
Matt Barkley
Khaled Holmes
Wes Horton
Honorable Mention:
Curtis McNeal,
Hayes Pullard
Randall Telfer
Christian Tupou
Congrats to all of our guys!
And a special thanks to Lane Kiffin for bringing this team together...He deserved the Coach of the Year Award running away.
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David Shaw Coach of the Year
Makes sense if the award was physics oriented:
Best Athletic Demonstration of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: the Increase of Entropy in Stanford Stadium Due to Retention of Harbaugh-Generated Thermal Energy and Its Subsequent Absorption and Re-emission by Successor Coach.
What a joke!
David Shaw conference coach of the year? Lane Kiffin got the Trojans to play demonstrably better week after week and beat the North and South* Champions while under NCAA sanctions and with no motivation of a post season and has lead USC to a top 10 ranking.
Really, all this selection gets from me is a big whatever.
by Laughing Stock on Nov 28, 2011 7:44 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
It's crappy that first team QB was annoited preseason
Because Barkley has had a better season and he can’t help it if his RBs fumble.
Debatable at best
It seems there are two strains of inconsistent arguments: (i) David Shaw did not deserve Coach of the Year because he has the country’s best QB and (ii) Andrew Luck did not deserve player of the year because Barkley is the better QB. Which is it?
As a Stanford fan, I think Lane Kiffin deserves Coach of the Year based on the progression USC has made this season. I mean seriously, USC went from barely beating Minnesota and losing by 3 TD’s to ASU to beating ND on the road by two TD’s, taking Stanford to 3OT and beating Oregon on the road.
However, I think Luck is a better QB than Barkley and deserves the award. Luck has a much less-talented supporting cast and still put up incredible numbers. He also outplayed Barkley on the road to lead Stanford to victory.
Can't say that I disagree
Luck beat Barkley on the field. Luck outplayed him in the 2nd half when USC could have put the game away. Luck deserves the award. Also agree that Kiffin deserved CoY over Shaw, who has also done a remarkable job. Would love to see how close the voting was. I suspect some coaches see USC coming back and don’t want to give Kiff another recruiting edge.
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
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